Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps (30 June 1985-) was an American competitive swimmer who won 28 medals during the Olympics, being the most-decorated Olympian of all time. Phelps broke several records and won several competitions for the United States, and he carried the US flag at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Biography
Michael Phelps was born on 30 June 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States, and he was raised in nearby Towson. He began swimming at the age of seven to focus his hyperactivity on a sport, overcoming his ADHD and holding a national record for other ten-year-olds in the 100-meter butterfly in 1995. He first competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia at the age of fifteen, and in 2001 he won the World Aquatics Championships at the age of sixteen, winning the 200-meter butterfly. Phelps won six gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and he proceeded to win several gold medals in more aquatics championships in addition to winning all eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2016, he was the first American male swimmer to qualify for a fifth Olympics, and he won five gold medals, winning silver in the 100-meter butterfly when a Singaporean fan of his beat him. In 2016, he beat a 2,168-year record when he won a thirteenth individual gold medal, beating Leonidas of Rhodes' score during the time of ancient Greece. This made him the most decorated Olympian of all time, winning 28 medals and 13 individual medals.